Book the Break Short Story competition

Fancy a holiday in Provence? Submit a short story (maximum 2000 words) and you could win a four-night stay for two people in Aix en Provence next summer! Bed and breakfast, en suite accommodation, swimming pool, two dinners, and transport to and from airport / train station.

Topic

The Cats (you can change the title but the story must deal with the topic), with the following extract from One Green Bottle as a prompt.

A long time ago, when life was tolerable, almost good, he had two cats that kept him company. How old was he? Seven? Eight? Before his father began to question the worth of his existence. Back then, presumably, he was cute, almost as cute as the tabbies. He never knew what happened to them but they disappeared, both of them, all of a sudden, and he was left only with an inconsolable sadness.

Organizer

CURTISBAUSSEBOOKS

Prizes

First prize: A long weekend for two (4 night stay) in Provence at a date of your own choosing between 05/07/2016 and 31/08/2016 (Read full prize detail here).

2 runners-up will receive a signed copy of One Green Bottle (or the sequel, Perfume Island).

Deadline

6 pm GMT, February 15th 2016

Guidelines

Maximum 2000

There is no entry fee.

Entries to be sent to curtis.bausse(at)outlook.com, in the body of the email (not as an attachment) with Short Story in the subject line.

The winner will be announced: March 15th 2016.

The entries will be judged by Atthys Gage, an outside, independent author whose books, Spark and The Flight of the Wren impressed me with the finesse and intelligence of the writing. He kindly agreed to judge this contest. I’ll forward the entries to him after making them anonymous.

Entries must be in English, and previously unpublished (except on the writer’s personal website).

Writers may submit more than one entry if they wish, but there must be a minimum of four different contestants for the competition to be valid. (i.e. if there are three or fewer different contestants, the prize will not be awarded).

Note: To take part, it is not compulsory to buy, read or write a review of One Green Bottle – the story can be written using just the prompt provided here. Nor is any reference to the story of One Green Bottle necessary – entries will be judged on their merits as stand alone short stories. (Having said that, buying or reviewing One Green Bottle is not discouraged – on the contrary! But as it’s not a condition of entry, it won’t increase participants’ chance of winning).

Inquiries

If you have any queries, don’t hesitate to get in touch: curtis.bausse(at)outlook.com

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